Blockchain is a technology making the shared registry concept from distributed systems a
reality for a number of application domains, from the cryptocurrency one to potentially any …

This survey provides a structured and comprehensive overview of research on security and
privacy in computer and communication networks that use game-theoretic approaches. We …

The core technical component of blockchains is consensus: how to reach agreement among
a distributed network of nodes. A plethora of blockchain consensus protocols have been …

Is it possible to design an online protocol for playing a lottery, in a completely decentralized
way, that is, without relying on a trusted third party? Or can one construct a fully …

Users bid in a transaction fee mechanism (TFM) to get their transactions included and
confirmed by a blockchain protocol. Roughgarden (EC'21) initiated the formal treatment of …

The emergence of ubiquitous computing and different disruptive technologies caused
magnificent development in information and communication technology. Likewise …

This paper introduces Flexible BFT, a new approach for BFT consensus solution design
revolving around two pillars, stronger resilience and diversity. The first pillar, stronger …

Game theory is a field of applied mathematics that studies strategic behavior of rational
factors. In other words, game theory is a collection of analytical tools that can be used to …

In this paper, we analyze Blockchain consensus protocols in the lens of the foundations of
distributed computing. Our goal is to present analogies and connections between …

In this paper, we introduce a distributed key generation (DKG) protocol with aggregatable
and publicly-verifiable transcripts. Compared with prior publicly-verifiable approaches, our …